I just updated my public profile in Linkedin. Why you ask ?? Well in truth .. a wee bit of curiousity and the inevitable self promotion it so modestly provides ..
Alas in truth, Linkedin is a nifty little tool for research and reconnection with friends and business associates alike. Check it out and let me know what you think.
While you are at it, join Facebook and signup for eLeaP group. You might learn something!
Cheers!
Don
The purpose of this training manual is to provide a capacity building framework and tools to support the technical and operational implementation of the conflict management training component integral to the Capacity Building and Community Based Natural Resource Management Components of the World Bank-financed Community Based Rural Development Project. The initial outline for this training component was completed during a FAO mission in February 2005 based on a conflict management training package developed and tested in Ghana under the Livelihood Support Programme (LSP) sub-programme 3.4 “Natural Resource Conflict Management.” The training manual was designed and finalized during an FAO-World Bank cooperative agreement technical assignment in July 2006, led by Pamela Pozarny (Rural Development Officer, FAO Regional Office for Africa) with Bizoola Gandaa and Conrad Weobong, both from the University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana.
First it was snow, then it was rain, then it became snowy rain .. or like the weather man likes to say .. “a wintry mix..”
What the heck is a wintry mix ….
Ok so I am too tired to write anything intelligent … so here goes …my boy Forest Whitaker won the award for Best Actor at the BAFTA awards last sunday. Way to go Forest!!
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I have just read a most excellent blog entry “The Power of Influence” by Randy Siegel. This is a most brilliant treatise on how one can leverage influence to engineer the outcome of circumstances. Yes, we can use influence to manipulate or otherwise negatively affect the outcome of decisions, circumstances or problems.
Randy portends that five powerful ‘a’s can change your powers of negotiation and influence: attention, acceptance, appreciation, assumption, and acquiescence.
You can read the full article at Brilliant Blog.
I challenge you dear reader to put these simple words into an conscious, actionable program and see if this changes your perspective or outcomes. How does paying special attention to the other party make them feel? By accepting the foibles, imperfections or excesses of the other guy, do we ingratiate ourselves to them? Do we take time to appreciate the successes of our team members? Do we give sincere compliments when they are due .. or not? How about making a conscious effort to believe in oneself, make assumptions to believe in the other party, and believe in the product or service you are selling. Lastly, can we step off our high horses sometime to offer “compliments” and acquiesce to the other guy? Folks like their egos pumped … help them a little shall we?
I intend to put these five ‘a’s into practice this next week. Check back to see how we are doing.